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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 21, 2018, Amplify Energy Operating LLC (the Borrower) and Amplify Acquisitionco, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Amplify Energy
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Company), entered into a letter agreement (the Letter Agreement) relating to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2018, among the Borrower, Amplify Acquisitionco, Inc.,
Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent), and the other lenders and agents from time to time party thereto (the Credit Agreement). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the parties to the Credit
Agreement agreed, among other things, to:

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extend the date by which the Borrower must show compliance with certain minimum hedging requirements set forth in
the Credit Agreement from December 31, 2018 to February 28, 2019; and

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subject to certain conditions, waive the requirement that the Borrower deliver to the Administrative Agent within
60 days after the closing date of the Credit Agreement control agreements with respect to certain deposit accounts held or maintained by each Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement) on the closing date of the Credit Agreement.

All other material terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement were unchanged.

The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Letter Agreement, which
will be filed as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2018.

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of
this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.